strange bridge cap... etc

[Richard Brekne]

Hmmm.... sounds like some pretty "creative" work...grin. Just out of
curiosity... how did the piano sound ? And how good was the workmanship
otherwise... on a scale of 1 to 10....?

How old was this repair and did it hold up ?

Ron Nossaman wrote:

> I saw an odd bridge recapping job this morning in a partially
> resomethingorothered old upright. The long bridge had been cut down
> considerably in preparation for capping, and a two layer cap was installed.
> The first layer was about 8mm thick, with the long grain perpendicular to
> the bridge length. Yep, an 8mm layer of end grain looking out the side of
> the bridge. Another 6-8mm layer with the grain direction more
> conventionally oriented topped it off. Too strange. Has anyone seen
> anything like this anywhere, and why was it done this way? The only thing
> I've come up with is that maybe the guy was trying to crown the bridge by
> gluing on a thoroughly desiccated thick cross grained lamination, waiting
> for re hydration expansion to crown the thing, then putting on the top
> layer to lock it in.
>
> Any enlightenment?
>
> Ron N

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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway
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